CHENNAI: They say it was an encounter. But a close look suggested it was a massacre.

One of the eleven men killed at Vachinodu Banda in , a kilometer from the other site in Etagunda, who lay with bullet wounds on his chest, had a new pair of sandals on his feet, their sole almost unsoiled. He wore boxer shorts.

The special task force said he was among the men cutting trees and transporting the logs when they surrounded them. They attacked the force, an officer said, forcing them to retaliate. At the shooting spot in Vachinodu Banda, there were no red sanders trees in the vicinity. The bodies were on a clearing in a shrub jungle......click for more

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